The Home Secretary is a xenophobic, dangerously populist, irresponsible embarrassment to her office, says Mail Opinion

What links Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, football wonderkid Raheem Sterling and cricketer Eoin Morgan?
Clue? It’s the same single tie which binds Prince Philip, Florence Nightingale, Mo Farah, Rita Ora and Cliff Richard. And Scottish football heroes Richard Gough and Shaun Maloney.
Answer? All born abroad. All work (or worked) at least the vast majority of their lives in Britain.
Might not quite be the right verb for the Duke but the overall point remains.
To the list you can add George Orwell, Magnus Magnusson, Emma Watson, Eddie Izzard and many others lazily labelled as national... read more

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